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The presence of two types of prorenin converting enzymes in the mouse submandibular gland
Author(s) -
Kim Won-Sin,
Nakayama Kazuhisa,
Murakami Kazuo
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(91)81171-4
Subject(s) - complementary dna , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , submandibular gland , gene , peptide sequence , gene product , homology (biology) , cloning (programming) , cdna library , epidermal growth factor , molecular cloning , gene expression , biochemistry , endocrinology , receptor , computer science , programming language
We have recently demonstrated, by protein and cDNA sequence analyses, that prorenin converting enzyme (PRECE) in the ICR mouse submandibular gland is identical to the epidermal growth factor‐binding protein (EGF‐BP) type B. the mGK‐13 gene product identified in Balb/c mouse. However. in the course of cDNA cloning, we noticed the presence of the other cDNA type highly homologous but not identical to the PRECE cDNA. The sequence of the newly identified cDNA was identical to that of the pSGP‐2 cDNA cloned from NMRI mice, which also encodes EGF‐BP type B different at 9 out of 261 amino acids from the mGK‐13 product. Although this difference has been explained by strain polymorphism, our results indicate that these two proteins are distinct gene products. The product of the newly identified cDNA also had a prorenin converting activity. Thus, the products of both cDNAs identified in previous and present studies are involved in maturation of two bioactive polypeptides, renin and EGF.